Molecular characterization of Hepatozoon sp. in cats from São Luís Island, Maranhão, Northeastern Brazil

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1189-1192

  De Bortoli, Caroline P ^a   André, Marcos R ^a   Do Braga, Maria Socorro C ^a,b   MacHado, Rosangela Zacarias ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATOZOONOSIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 83155183354     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2376-6     Document Type: Article

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